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IN RE MARRIAGE OF TIERNEY

No. 60476.

263 N.W.2d 533 (1978)

In re The MARRIAGE OF Larry TIERNEY and Ranell Tierney. Upon the Petition of Larry TIERNEY, Appellee, and concerning Ranell TIERNEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Lynch, Decorah, for appellant.

Miller, Pearson, Gloe & Burns, Decorah, for appellee.

Considered by MOORE, C. J., and REES, UHLENHOPP, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether a trial court may enter a decree in a dissolution action ordering sale of the homestead of the parties to pay their debts. Respondent Ranell Tierney contends the court lacked authority to do so in this case. We hold that the homestead exemption statute, § 561.16, The Code, does not prohibit a dissolution decree provision for sale of the homestead to pay debts of the...

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